ReturnTo the love in which you were createdTo the breath that first hovered over youReturn

For you bear the God imageAnd always haveRooted in divinity and loved by the TrinityReturn

For you have wandered and forgottenThat beloved is who you alwaysHave beenAnd alwaysShall be

Breathe

Return to your breath and this placeReturn to quiet and restFor no amount of strivingWill earn you more belovednessFor you have it already

ReturnTo that sense of joy, forYou are enoughThat sense of peace, forYou are enough

ReturnIn practice and in patienceWhether dry bones or weary dustReturn to the Home in which you were createdBreathe through chaos and orderReturn to the confidence that the sky is always parting to sayYou are my Beloved.

ReturnTo the road free of shame or doubts of worthReturn to the community and the inward spaceReturn to the water and the graceThat ever longs for your wholeness and life abundant

ReturnTo the story of your sisterTo the story of your brotherTurn to face and embrace the OtherReturnTo the imago DeiAll creation around youLikewise bearing that belovedness that got this whole party started

Return to one anotherSeek forgiveness and restoreWork for wholeness and adoreWhat has always been yours and theirs to begin withBeloved.

Return,Be at home in your own breathThey in theirsLet the Spirit of God continue to hover over these bones and waters

References:

John 10:10

Mark 1:9-12

Genesis 1

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Isaiah 30:15

Questions for Reflection:

What practices help you return to a sense of your belovedness?

What practices/activities bring you into a sense of rest and being enough?